THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 10, 1916.
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No. 106. The following Finding of the Marine Court of Inquiry into the strand- ing of the British Steamship Kolya, Official No. 95,100, is published for general informa- tion.
CLAUD SEVERN,
Colonial Secretary,
10th March, 1916.
FINDING.
We find that the British ship Kolya, Official No. 95,100, left Hongkong bound for Christmas Island in ballast at 7.30 a.m. on 20th February, 1916, with JAMES WILLOX, Master, the number of whose Certificate is 036,321 of Aberdeen, and GEORGE CARPENDALE, Chief Officer, and that all went well until abeam of Gap Rock distant 3 miles about 11.45 a.m., when a course was set to pass 60" to the N.W. of North Reef Paracel Island. This course was taken to be S. 56° W. true and was checked by the Chief Officer while the Master was laying it off. The ship was then steered on this course until shortly after 4 p.in. when a deviation of 3° W. having been obtained, the course was altered to S. 60° W. and that course steered without any further check, until the ship struck at 5.40 a.m. on 21st February.
We find that these courses were wrongly set and that such courses would take the ship direct to the point on which she finally struck.
The correct course to have steered would have been S. 34° W. True.
The Court hold that the stranding was entirely due to the gross carelessness of the Master in setting and steering these wrongful courses, but, taking into consideration that the Master took proper action to get the ship off after grounding, we order the Master's Certificate Foreign Going to be suspended for 12 months, but grant him a River Master's Certificate or Foreign Going Mate's Certificate during this period.
The Court orders that GEORGE CARPENDALE, Chief Officer, is to be severely repri- manded for his carelessness in the Navigation of this ship and place the same on record.
Given under our hands at Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, this 6th day of March, 1916.
(Signed)
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C. W. BECKWITH, Commander, R.N.,
Stipendiary Magistrate and President of the Court.
F. GIBSON, Commander, R.N.,
H.M.S. Tamar,
WELLESBY DAVISON,
Master, S.S. Empress of Russia.
SAMUEL ROBINSON,
Master, S.S. Empress of Asia.
ERNEST J. POTTINGER,
Master, S.S. Lhum.